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Cultivating Creativity

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Colorado Convention Center, 403/4

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Presenters

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Autumn Zaminski
Educational Technology Specialist
LIU12
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Autumn Zaminski is a Educational Technology Specialist at LIU12 in Pennsylvania. She is a former elementary school principal, instructional technology coach, and elementary teacher.

Session description

Join us for a dynamic workshop focused on cultivating creativity for both educators and students! We will dive into engaging exercises to ignite your own creative spark. Then, together, we'll discover new ways to integrate creativity into your classroom and empower learners to thrive in our ever-changing world.

Purpose & objective

The purpose of this session is for educators to recognize their own creative skills and talents they bring to their classrooms/schools. Then, understanding the vital role creativity plays in engagement, life balance, and preparing our students to be innovative thinkers. From there, we will discuss real-life application of bringing these things to life in the classroom.

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Outline

-Participate in creative exercises (15 mins)
-Discuss current research around transdisciplinary thinking and its impact on our students' future. (15 mins)
-Develop ways to engage students in creative thinking (30 mins) - Creative exercises will be built into this section as well.

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Supporting research

Empower by John Spencer
Educated by Design by Michael Cohen

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/20/06/understanding-creativity
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/transdiciplinarity-thinking-inside-outside-box-matt-levinson

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Session specifications

Topic:
Creativity & curation tools
Grade level:
PK-5
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Coaches, Library media specialists, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices required
Attendee device specification:
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
Access to the internet
Subject area:
STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Designer
  • Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.
For Students:
Creative Communicator
  • Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

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